place in Swiss literature

...German literature as a whole. Some of the best poets have expressed themselves both in High German and in their dialect. Thus, Adolf Frey published a volume of poems in the dialect of the Aargau (
Duss und underm Rafe, 1891), and Meinrad Lienert wrote several poems in the dialect of Schwyz. Almost every canton has its
Mundartdichter, or local poet. There are vigorous novels in the...